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1、ChineseProtestantChristianityTodayDanielH.BaysABSTRACTProtestantChristianityhasbeenaprominentpartofthegeneralreligiousresurgenceinChinainthepasttwodecades.Inmanywaysitisthemoststrikingexampleofthatresurgence.AlongwithRomanCatholics,asofthe1950sChineseProtestantscarriedtheheavyhistoricalliab
2、ilityofassociationwithWesterndomi-nationorimperialisminChina,yettheyhavenotonlyovercomethatinheritancebuthaveachievedremarkablegrowth.PopularmediaandhumanrightsorganizationsintheWest,aswellasvariousChristiangroups,publishawidevarietyofinformationandcommentaryonChineseProtestants.Thisarticle
3、firsttracesthegradualextensionofinterestinChineseProtestantsfromChristiancirclestothescholarlyworldduringthelasttwodecades,andthendiscussessalientcharacteristicsoftheProtestantmovementtoday.Theseincludeitssizeandrateofgrowth,theroleofChurchstaterelations,thecontinuingforeignlegacyinsomeparts
4、oftheChurch,thestrongflavourofpopularreligionwhichsuffusesProtestantismtoday,thediscourseofChineseintellectualsonChristianity,andProtestantisminthecontextoftherapideconomicchangesoccurringinChina,concludingwithaperspectivefromworldChristianity.ProtestantChristianityhasbeenaprominentpartofthe
5、generalreligiousresurgenceinChinainthepasttwodecades.Today,onanygivenSundaytherearealmostcertainlymoreProtestantsinchurchinChinathaninall1ofEurope.OnerecentthoughtfulscholarlyassessmentcharacterizesProtestantismasflourishingthoughalsofractured(organizationally)2andfragile(duetolimitsonthesoc
6、ialandculturalroleoftheChurch).AndpopularmediaandhumanrightsorganizationsintheWest,aswellasvariousChristiangroups,publishawidevarietyofinformationandcommentaryonChineseProtestants.HereIintendfirsttotracethegradualextensionofinterestinChineseProtestantsfromChristiancirclestothescholarlyworldd
7、uringthelasttwodecades,andthentodiscusssalientcharacteristicsoftheProtestantmovementtoday.ThephenomenonofrapidProtestantgrowthwasfirstnotedsoonafter1980byseveralchurch-relatedorganizationsandtheirpublicationsinHongKongandtheWest.Someofthesewerereportsissu
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